McGarrett, the head of the Hawaii State Police, was famously portrayed by Jack Lord in the original. O’Loughlin joins the recently cast Daniel Dae Kim (TV’s “Lost,” “Angel”) who co-stars as Detective Chin Ho Kelly.

“Fringe” co-creators Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci along with Peter Lenkov (“CSI: NY”) will executive produce the new incarnation which will be shot on location.